Heavy flood to the Krishna Basin projects in the State is continuing without any let-up, while it is receding in the Godavari Basin with the flood at Medigadda coming down to 6.36 lakh cusecs and the level at little over 95 metres at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
The flood level at Bhadrachalam has come down below second warning level of 48 metres. However, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has forecast that flood position in Godavari at Bhadrachalam would be above normal level on Monday and at severe level for the next four days.
In the upstream of Medigadda, the discharge of flood was only about 20,500 cusecs but it is likely to go up to some extent with spillway discharge being taken up again at Sriramsagar. At 9.15 p.m., the spillway discharge there was increased to 16,700 cusecs from 8 crest gates with the authorities maintaining storage of 80/90.3 tmcft. The spillway discharge was resumed around 7 p.m. after stopping it around 11.30 a.m. on Saturday.
